WO2012104675A1 - Système d'alignement d'interférences multi-utilisateurs en liaison descendante - Google Patents

Système d'alignement d'interférences multi-utilisateurs en liaison descendante Download PDF

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WO2012104675A1
WO2012104675A1 PCT/IB2011/050426 IB2011050426W WO2012104675A1 WO 2012104675 A1 WO2012104675 A1 WO 2012104675A1 IB 2011050426 W IB2011050426 W IB 2011050426W WO 2012104675 A1 WO2012104675 A1 WO 2012104675A1
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Alireza Bayesteh
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  • the present invention is directed in general to communications systems and associated method of operation.
  • the present invention relates to an interference alignment scheme for use in a wireless communication system.
  • One of the major challenges in wireless communication systems is to overcome interference caused by other users, such as when a mobile device in cellular systems receives interfering signals from multiple transmitters.
  • Traditional schemes attempt to manage interference as noise or by orthogonalizing channel resources between different transmitters (base stations or access points) by assigning different frequency channels, time slots, or codes to different resources (e.g., FDMA/TDMA/CDMA).
  • concurrent transmission techniques IA
  • multiple senders jointly encode signals to multiple receivers so that interference is aligned and each receiver is able to decode its desired information.
  • Interference alignment provides better performance than orthogonalization-based schemes by aligning the interference at a receiver coming from different sources in the least possible spatial dimensions to maximize the number of interference-free dimensions and hence, providing more degrees of freedom for signal transmission and improving the throughput performance.
  • a transmitter can partially or completely "align" its interference with unused dimensions of the primary terminals, thereby maximizing the interference-free space for the desired signal in an interference channel. For example, it has been shown that all the interference can be concentrated roughly into one half of the signal space at each receiver, leaving the other half available to the desired signal and free of interference.
  • the sum capacity for each transmitter scaling as nil log(SNR) is achievable which is equivalent to n/2 degrees of freedom for the sum capacity for each transmitter.
  • the sum capacity achieved by interference alignment has been shown to scale linearly with n.
  • Interference alignment has also been considered in a Macro-cell scenario where multiple base stations (eNBs), each serving a rank- one user equipment (UE) device, collaborate with each other to decrease the effect of interference caused to each other's transmissions.
  • eNBs base stations
  • UE rank- one user equipment
  • a significant challenge with existing interference alignment schemes is that they require perfect global channel knowledge about all channels in the network, which in turn imposes significant feedback overhead and coordination between nodes.
  • existing interference alignment schemes are highly sensitive to channel estimation and quantization error, antenna configuration, and mobility. Accordingly, a need exists for improved methods, systems and devices for managing interference between network nodes to overcome the problems in the art, such as outlined above. Further limitations and disadvantages of conventional processes and technologies will become apparent to one of skill in the art after reviewing the remainder of the present application with reference to the drawings and detailed description which follow.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing components of a communication system in which there is downlink multi-user interference alignment between two transmitters and one or more single rank receivers in accordance with selected embodiments of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing components of a communication system which provides interference alignment between two interfering transmitters, each sending single rank transmissions to the maximum possible number of receivers
  • Figure 3 is a flow chart illustrating an interference alignment process that may be performed when the number of receiver antennas equals or exceeds the number of transmitter antennas;
  • Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating an interference alignment process that may be performed to extend the interfering channels in frequency in cases when the number of transmitter antennas exceeds the number of receiver antennas;
  • Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating a receiver selection process that may be performed when the number of receiver antennas equals or exceeds the number of transmitter antennas;
  • Figure 6 is a flow chart illustrating a receiver selection process that may be performed to extend the interfering channels in frequency in cases when the number of transmitter antennas exceeds the number of receiver antennas;
  • Figure 7 is a block diagram of a user equipment device.
  • Figure 8 is a block diagram of a node of a wireless network.
  • a method, system and device are provided for aligning interference in a wireless network with a low-complexity scheme without requiring perfect global channel knowledge and the attendant overhead to achieve good performance between two interfering transmitters, each serving the maximum possible number of single rank receivers simultaneously, while only requiring local channel knowledge at nodes.
  • the disclosed interference alignment scheme is provided for downlink (DL) multi-user, multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) transmissions between two interfering transmitters in a wireless network where each transmitter only needs to know the channel knowledge for its affiliated receivers, and where each receiver only needs the channel knowledge from itself to both transmitters.
  • DL downlink
  • MU-MIMO multiple input, multiple output
  • two transmitters TXi, TX 2 are each equipped with antennas to serve L,- receivers (e.g., user equipment (UE)) out of a total of N receivers, where each transmitter knows at least the effective channels to its corresponding receivers.
  • L,- receivers e.g., user equipment (UE)
  • UE user equipment
  • Each receiver is equipped with K antennas and is positioned to potentially receive interfering signals when the two transmitters use the same time slot and frequency band.
  • Each receiver in cell i receives a single-rank transmission from transmitter TX, and uses a predetermined vector, v ref and channel knowledge H, G from each transmitter to i) convert the cross channel interference to the predetermined vector, v ref , to leave more interference-free sub-space for signal transmission in its affiliated transmitter, and ii) compute and feedback equivalent channel vector information h ⁇ q to its affiliated transmitter.
  • determining or “displaying” or the like refer to the action and processes of a computer system, or similar electronic computing device, that manipulates and transforms data represented as physical (electronic) quantities within the computer system's registers and memories into other data similarly represented as physical quantities within the computer system memories or registers or other such information storage, transmission or display devices.
  • mobile wireless communication device and user equipment (UE) are used interchangeably to refer to wireless devices such as pagers, cellular phones, cellular smart-phones, wireless organizers, personal digital assistants, wireless Internet appliances, data communication devices, data messaging devices, computers, handheld or laptop computers, handheld wireless communication devices, wirelessly enabled notebook computers, mobile telephones, set-top boxes, network nodes, and similar devices that have wireless telecommunications capabilities.
  • wireless telecommunications systems transmission equipment in a base station or access point transmits signals throughout a geographical region known as a cell.
  • eNB enhanced node B
  • EPS evolved packet system
  • access device or access point refer interchangeably to any component that can provide a UE with access to other components in a
  • An access point provides radio access to one or more UEs using a packet scheduler to dynamically schedule downlink traffic data packet transmissions and allocate uplink traffic data packet transmission resources among all the UEs communicating to the access device.
  • the functions of the scheduler include, among others, dividing the available air interface capacity between UEs, deciding the transport channel to be used for each UE's packet data transmissions, and monitoring packet allocation and system load.
  • the scheduler dynamically allocates resources for Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (PDSCH) and Physical Uplink Shared CHannel (PUSCH) data transmissions, and sends scheduling information to the UEs through a control channel.
  • PDSCH Physical Downlink Shared CHannel
  • PUSCH Physical Uplink Shared CHannel
  • each of the transmitters TXi and TX2 (e.g., eNBs) is equipped with antennas and configured to transmit signals to receivers (e.g., UEs) which are each equipped with K antennas.
  • the area covered by transmitter TX is referred to as cell i and the y ' th UE in cell i is referred to as UE where there are as many as L, UEs may be served by the transmitter TX,.
  • Each transmitter TX, 2, 6 denotes a data transmission device such as a fixed base station, a mobile base station, Macro eNB, Relay Node, Micro eNB, a miniature or femto base station, a relay station, and the like.
  • Each of the receiver nodes 3-5, 7-9 denotes a data reception device such as a relay station, a fixed terminal, a mobile terminal, user equipment and the like.
  • interference may occur at one or more of the receiver nodes 3-5, 7-9.
  • a signal from the first transmitter TXi corresponds to a desired signal but a co-channel signal from the second transmitter TX2 may cause interference if the second transmitter uses the same time slot and frequency band as the first transmitter.
  • the desired signal from the first transmitter TXi arrives over direct channel Hi ; i, while the interfering signal from the second transmitter TX2 arrives over cross channel Gi , i.
  • interference may occur in the other receiver nodes 4-5, 7-9 that decreases signal throughput of the network 100.
  • an interference alignment scheme is proposed for downlink MIMO transmission where each transmitter only needs to know the channel state information (CSI) for its affiliated UEs, and each UE only needs to know the channel between itself and each transmitter.
  • the proposed interference alignment scheme uses a combining vector at each of the UEs 3-5, 7-9 to project all cross channels from an interfering transmitter to a predetermined vector v ⁇ f , thereby eliminating inter-cell interference if each transmitter sends its signal in the null space of the predetermined vector v ⁇ f .
  • each transmitter uses channel quality information (CQI) and equivalent direct channel vector information for selected UEs to perform link adaptation and to precode data with a precoding vector p i Sl to cancel out both the inter-UE and inter-cell interference.
  • CQI channel quality information
  • equivalent direct channel vector information for selected UEs to perform link adaptation and to precode data with a precoding vector p i Sl to cancel out both the inter-UE and inter-cell interference.
  • the result is indicated at the first receiver node 7 (denoted UE 2; i) in the second cell where the desired signal from the second transmitter TX2 arrives over direct channel H 2 ,i, while the interfering signal G 2; i from the first transmitter TXi has been aligned to v r ⁇ f .
  • the interference alignment schemes can be used in cases where the number of receive antennas on the UEs 3-5, 7-9 is greater than or equal to the number of transmit antennas on the transmitters 2, 6 (e.g. K > M) since all cross channels G y are invertible with a probability of almost 1 in a multipath rich propagation environment.
  • the direct channel from TX die i - I, 2, to the y ' th UE in the same cell is denoted by Hj j
  • the cross channel from the interfering transmitter to the same UE is denoted by Gy .
  • the received signal at this UE can be written as
  • Xi denotes the transmitted signal from TX grasp and ny is the receive noise at the y ' th UE in cell i.
  • Both the direct and cross channels Hy and Gy can be estimated at the y ' th UE using any desired technique, such as downlink pilot or reference signaling.
  • each UE feeds back the equivalent direct transmission channel vector to its affiliated transmitter TX,.
  • each transmitter TX operating in time division duplexing (TDD) mode can estimate h ⁇ q from the uplink channel if the UEy sends the pilot signal in the direction of the transpose of the combining vector , where (.) T denotes the transpose operation.
  • T time division duplexing
  • transmitter TX acquires the equivalent direct transmission channel vector h ⁇ q from all affiliated UEs, transmitter TX, selects L, UEs indexed by (s 1 , ... , s L j ) and constructs the transmitted signal Xj as follows:
  • p i s denotes the precoding vector for the selected UEsv, and where Uj S; is the rank- 1 data for the selected UEs / .
  • the transmitter TX computes or obtains the precoding vector p i Sl as follows:
  • Pi ,Sl null ( v ref , ⁇ h3 ⁇ 4 H ⁇ J, (5) where null(.) denotes the null space operation.
  • Equation (4) As the transmitted signal Xj is received at the UE, it may be represented by substituting Equation (4) in Equation (3) to get:
  • Equation (6) As seen in Equation (6), inter-cell and intra-cell interference are cancelled and UEs can decode their data using single-user detection.
  • each UE y may feed back additional information to its affiliated transmitter, such as Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), which is used by the transmitter TX, for scheduling and link
  • CQI Channel Quality Indicator
  • CQI feedback would be the effective noise power, i.e., where E ⁇ . ⁇ denotes the expectation, or its inverse—r, .
  • transmitters can perform scheduling and also the link adaptation for the selected UEs based on their effective SNR based on the following formula:
  • the disclosed interference alignment scheme allows up to M- 1 UEs to be served simultaneously by each transmitter using the precoding vector Pi ,si (from Equation (5)).
  • 2M-2 UEs can be served in total by the network 100 since all interfering cross channels are aligned in the direction of v ⁇ f , thereby reserving more dimensions for signal transmission.
  • FIG. 2 schematically depicts a communication system 200 which provides interference alignment between two interfering access devices 20, 30 and one or more single rank user equipment (UE) devices 10- 12 requiring only local channel state knowledge at the access devices 20, 30 such that all crossed channels are aligned to a predetermined reference vector.
  • each of the UEs 10- 12 is configured to compute equivalent direct channel vector information h ⁇ q from a predetermined vector v ⁇ f .
  • the access device 20 After feeding back the equivalent direct channel vector information hj ⁇ to the affiliated access device (e.g., 20), the access device 20 constructs a transmission signal x by precoding the transmit data in the null space of v ⁇ f so that no interference is imposed to the UEs in the other cell.
  • the UE 10 includes, among other components, one or more processors 1 10 that run one or more software programs or modules embodied in circuitry and/or non-transitory storage media device(s) 1 11 (e.g., RAM, ROM, flash memory, etc.) to communicate with access device 20 to receive data from, and to provide data to, access device 20.
  • the data When data is transmitted from UE 10 to access device 20, the data is referred to as uplink data and when data is transmitted from access device 20 to UE 10, the data is referred to as downlink data.
  • the UE 10 determines, quantifies or estimates the channel matrices H and G which respectively represent the channel gain between the first access device 20 and second access device 30 and the UE.
  • the channel matrix H can be represented by a K x matrix of complex coefficients, where Mis the number of transmit antennas in the first access device 20 and K is the number of receive antennas in the UE 10.
  • the channel matrix H can instead be represented by an M x K matrix of complex coefficients, in which case the matrix manipulation algorithms are adjusted accordingly.
  • the coefficients of the channel matrix H depend, at least in part, on the transmission characteristics of the medium, such as air, through which a signal is transmitted.
  • each access device e.g., 20
  • each access device may include a pilot signal generator (e.g., 212) for generating and transmitting a pilot signal 213.
  • each UE 10 may include a channel estimation module 112 using hardware and/or software executed by one or more processor elements to determine or estimate the channel matrices H and G from the access devices 20, 30.
  • a combining vector computation module 1 14 is provided for computing or retrieving a combining vector ly .
  • the estimated channel matrices H and G may be used to compute the combining vector by first computing the pseudo inverse of the interfering cross channel G + .
  • an arbitrary vector of size M, v ref is defined or obtained, where the vector v ref is known to all UEs and transmitters because it was signaled or predetermined.
  • the UE 10 may feed back the equivalent channel vector h eq to the access point 20, which also receives equivalent channel vector information from the other affiliated UEs 1 1, 12 in the cell for access point 20.
  • the feedback module 1 18 sends the equivalent channel vector h eq as an uplink message 1 19.
  • the access point 20 can estimate the equivalent channel vector h eq from the uplink channel if the UE sends the pilot signal in the direction of r T .
  • the feedback module 1 18 may also send CQI information, such as an indication of effective noise power, to the access point 20 for use in scheduling and link adaptation.
  • the equivalent channel vector h eq and CQI information is processed and transformed by one or more processors 210 that run one or more software programs embodied in non-transitory storage media device(s) 21 1 (e.g., RAM, ROM, flash memory, etc.).
  • non-transitory storage media device(s) 21 1 e.g., RAM, ROM, flash memory, etc.
  • the access point 20 processes the feedback information to avoid any co-channel interference to non-affiliated UEs.
  • a selection module 214 at the access point 20 uses the acquired equivalent channel vectors and any CQI information to select a subset of L, UEs out of a total of N,- UEs.
  • the selected L, UEs are indexed by (3 ⁇ 4, ... , s L i ).
  • the precoding module 216 may compute the precoding vector p i Sj Though not shown, there are not shown, there is not shown,
  • the UE 10 may also be scheduling and link adaptation performed on the data Uj Sj at the precoding module 216 or transmit module 218.
  • the UE 10 can decode data from the received signal y i s . using single-user detection schemes.
  • each UE y device estimates or computes at (step 304) the direct channel H y - and cross channel G v - to the UE y device from potentially interfering transmitters TXi and TX 2 .
  • Channel information may be computed using pilot estimation techniques.
  • each UEy device computes the combining vector ry based on the cross channel Gy, such as by multiplying the hermitian reflection of the shared
  • each UE y device computes the equivalent direct channel vector information based on the estimated direct channel Hy and the computed combining vector ry.
  • each UEy device feeds back the equivalent direct channel vector information h ⁇ q to its affiliated access device, along with any channel quality indicator
  • each of the transmitters TXi and TX2 acquires the equivalent direct channel vector information at step 310, either using feedback from associated UEs or by using uplink channel estimation techniques.
  • each transmitter TXi selects L, UE devices from a total of N , ⁇ UE devices in the z ' th cell, and then constructs transmit signals x, for the selected UEs.
  • the transmit signals x are constructed using a precoding vector technique (such as described at Equations (4) and (5)) and/or link adaptation technique (such as described at Equation (7)), and then transmitted as downlink data to the selected UEs.
  • each UEy device may know or derive its own precoding vector p ijS . Having used the combining vector ry at the UE side to project all cross channels Gy to a predetermined reference vector v re /, each UEy device may use single-user detection to decode transmitted single rank data.
  • the process ends.
  • selected embodiments may also implement the disclosed interference alignment schemes in cases where the number of antennas on the eNB is greater than the number of receive antennas on the UE (e.g. K ⁇ M), provided that adjustments are made to match or correlate the cross channels Gy with the predetermined vector v, ⁇ f .
  • the adjustments are required because the cross channels Gy are not invertible in the case where the UE antenna count K is less than the access device antenna count M, and as a result, combining vector ry (described above) cannot be used to match the equivalent cross channels perfectly to the predetermined reference vector v ⁇ f .
  • a number of adjustment schemes may be used.
  • EDM Euclidean Distance Minimization
  • the equivalent direct channel vector information is computed, and the processing at the UE 10 and the access point 20 proceeds substantially as described with reference to steps 308-314 in the interference alignment process 300 depicted in Figure 3.
  • the computation of effective SNR at the transmitter for scheduling and link adaptation may be replaced by computing an effective signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) as follows:
  • the interfering channels of UEs are extended in time or frequency domain such that the aggregate channel becomes invertible.
  • the channels can be extended by using time/frequency resource elements.
  • the combining vector iy can be used to match the extended cross channels Gi j with the predetermined vector v ⁇ f .
  • each UEy device effectively extends the interfering channels by finding or deriving n 1 and n2 that are the smallest integer numbers (at step 404) such that:
  • each UEy device estimates or computes the direct channel Hy and cross channel Gy to the UE device from potentially interfering transmitters TXi and TX2.
  • the channel estimation module 1 12 shown in Figure 2 may be used here to implement pilot signal estimation or any other desired channel estimation technique.
  • each UEy device computes extended direct and cross channel matrix information.
  • the combining vector computation module 1 14 shown in Figure 2 may be used to compute the extended direct and cross channel matrix information.
  • the cross channel of the UE in the subcarriers Wjto w n2 may be denoted as (Gy Cw k ) ⁇ , where it is understood that a subcarrier refers to a frequency unit or band.
  • the aggregate cross channel is defined as
  • Gy [F i,j (t 1 ) T
  • the aggregate matrix of direct channels Hy [Hy (w ⁇ l ...
  • the equivalent channel vector computation module 1 16 shown in Figure 2 may be used to compute the equivalent channel vector.
  • the effective direct channel vector information hy q (t k ) may be fed back to its affiliated access device along with any channel quality indicator (CQI), either directly or indirectly using codebook techniques.
  • the feedback module 118 shown in Figure 2 may be used to feedback the effective channel vector and CQI information.
  • each of the transmitters TXi and TX2 may acquire the effective direct channel vector information h ⁇ q (t k ) using uplink channel estimation techniques.
  • each transmitter TXi acquires
  • the selection module 214 shown in Figure 2 may be used to select the L, UE devices indexed by (s ⁇ , ...,3 ⁇ 4, ⁇ ) based on the received effective channel vector and CQI information.
  • each transmitter TXi also constructs transmit signals qj (t k ) for the selected L, UE devices.
  • the precoding module 216 shown in Figure 2 may be used to the construct transmit signals q j (t k ) using a precoding vector Pi ,Sl (t k ) as follows:
  • the data to be transmitted to the selected UEsj over the subcarriers w 1 , ... , w n2 is split into nl rank-1 data ⁇ ui jSl (t k ) ⁇ TM .
  • the transmitted signals over subcarriers w 1 , ... , w n2 can be computed from Equation (14).
  • the transmit module 218 shown in Figure 2 may be used to the transmit signals 3 ⁇ 4(3 ⁇ 4).
  • each UE(z ' ,s / ) may know its own precoding vector ⁇ pi ,Sl ( k ) ⁇ l3 an d uses the precoding vector to decode its data ⁇ ui jSl (t k ) ⁇ from ⁇ zi jSl (t k ) ⁇ which is obtained from Equation (17).
  • each UE(z ' ,s / ) converts the received signals in subcarriers w 1( ...
  • the throughput performance in the case of frequency extension can be improved by selecting a proper set of subcarriers to implement the frequency extension algorithm. For this purpose, it is important to have the matrices
  • all UE devices that are going to be served in the "interference alignment" mode may be configured to select the potential subcarriers and order them based on some pre-configured metrics.
  • subcarrier ordering is done in a greedy fashion by first selecting a "best" subcarrier (e.g., the subcarrier having the maximum minimum eigenvalue for the interfering channel), and then selecting the next "best" subcarrier, and so on.
  • the z ' th subcarrier is selected as the one whose minimum eigenvalue of the corresponding interfering channel is greater than a predetermined threshold and its chordal distance to the interfering channel of the previously selected subcarriers is greater than another pre-configured threshold.
  • UEs can feed back some information to the transmitters in the form of CQI to reflect this ordering.
  • the transmitter identifies a set of subcarriers (say w 1( ... , w n2 ) that the transmitters want to use interference alignment, and then selects up to M- 1 UEs that already reported these subcarriers as their potential subcarriers for interference alignment (the ones with high ranks). Then, the transmitter uses the frequency extension approach described hereinabove.
  • FIG. 5 depicts in flow chart form a receiver selection process 500 that may be performed in cases when the number of receiver antennas equals or exceeds the number of transmitter antennas (e.g. K > M).
  • each UE y device computes channel direction information (CDI) and channel quality information (CQI) values, such as the following examples :
  • each UE y device may feed back the computed CDI and CQI values to the corresponding transmitter, it will be appreciated that there might be no need for feeding back CDIi j in the TDD mode when the transmitters can acquire it from the UL channel.
  • decision block 508 it is determined if there is a high load that meets or exceeds a threshold level. This decision may be implemented by comparing the total number of UEs (N,-) to a threshold load number (Nt h )-
  • a pre- configured threshold y tll is retrieved or computed at step 510 and used by the transmitter TX, to construct the following set:
  • step 514 the counter value / is incremented, and at step 516, the transmitter TX, determines if the counter value exceeds the number of L, selected UEs.
  • the remaining UEs are selected with an iterative process for so long as the counter value does not exceed L, (e.g., negative outcome to decision block 516).
  • J i is defined as the sub-space spanned by the CDI vectors of the previously selected UEs, i.e. J i — span (CDIj S; , ... , CDIi S; i ).
  • step 51 1 the counter value / is incremented, and at step 513, the transmitter TX, determines if the counter value exceeds the number of L, selected UEs.
  • the remaining UEs are selected with an iterative process for so long as the counter value does not exceed L, (e.g., negative outcome to decision block 513).
  • the transmitter TX defines p j as the projection of CDIy over ⁇ * ⁇ - , and then selects
  • the threshold values N th and y tll may be configurable and can be optimized based on the system parameters.
  • the disclosed selection process chooses UEs having an effective SNR values (approximated by CQI values) that are high enough while maximizing the orthogonality of their equivalent direct channels. While the selection process for a medium or low user load can be used in the high user load case, it will be appreciated that the selection process for a high user load reduces algorithm complexity and the feedback load (in the FDD mode), since only a portion of the users are considered in the scheduling. This helps reducing the feedback load of CQI to just one bit since the UEs just need to send an acknowledgement bit to their affiliated transmitter indicating that whether or not their effective SNR is above the threshold or not and the actual value of CQI is not important.
  • FIG. 6 depicts in flow chart form a receiver selection process 600 that may be performed to extend the interfering channels in frequency or time in cases when the number of transmitter antennas exceeds the number of receiver antennas (e.g. K ⁇ M).
  • each transmitter TX selects the subcarriers w 1 , ... , w n2 for implementing the proposed scheme and considers the set of N UEs that can potentially be considered for the scheduling.
  • each UE y device computes channel direction information (CDI) and channel quality information (CQI) values for each t k as follows:
  • each UE y device may feed back the computed CDI and CQI values to the corresponding transmitter for each t k , it will be appreciated that there might be no need for feeding back CDI j j (t k ) in the TDD mode when the transmitters can acquire it from the UL channel.
  • TX determines if the counter value exceeds the number of L, selected UEs.
  • the remaining UEs are selected with an iterative process for so long as the counter value does not exceed L, (e.g., negative outcome to decision block 614).
  • threshold parameters N th and y tll can be optimized based on the system parameters.
  • the UE selection algorithm proposed for the case of K ⁇ is very similar to the one proposed for the case of K > M, with the difference that the same set of UEs must be scheduled for all subcarriers w 1 , ... , w n2 . As a result, it is possible to select UEs with fairly good channels in all subcarriers for the case of K ⁇ M.
  • the scheduling algorithm can be the same as in the case of K > M except for the calculation of the CQI value.
  • CQI may reflect the inter-cell interference for better scheduling performance.
  • a codebook-based v ref scheme may be used to improve system performance in a way similar to the use of codebooks for precoding matrix information (PMI) in LTE.
  • a rotational codebook-based v ref scheme is employed wherein each transmitter TX, and its associated UEs switch to different vectors in the set ⁇ , based on a pre-determined order or sequence.
  • the order can be cell-specific or the same for all cells, but in either case, no additional signaling is required to tell the UEs which v ref is being used at a certain time since the order is known to all UEs.
  • the rotational codebook-based v ref scheme has the advantage that, when changing v ref after each transmission, a new set of UEs are more likely to be scheduled for the next transmission. In other words, fairness is automatically satisfied among UEs while achieving the same throughput performance as the opportunistic scheduling in the previous section.
  • a feedback-based v ref scheme is employed wherein each UE feeds back its favorite choice for v ref by feeding back the corresponding index (similar to the PMI feedback in LTE) to their affiliated transmitter.
  • the transmitter TX may not be able to find L, UEs with the same reported v ref . This case mostly corresponds to low UE count (low N,-) and large B t .
  • each transmitter TX can select the UEs considering their reported CQI and favorite choices of v ref such that the selected UEs have fairly high CQI and their reported v ref 's have the smallest possible chordal distance to each other.
  • UEs can feed back multiple choices of v ref to give the transmitter more flexibility for scheduling.
  • each UE may feed back the CQI corresponding to their favorite v ref and a "difference" value ACQI with respect to this value.
  • UEs can feed back their least favorite v ref (along with their favorite one) to their affiliated transmitter as well as the corresponding ACQI value.
  • the least favorite v ref can be obtained by computing r least
  • each transmitter TX can be any transmitter TX.
  • transmitter can compute a weighted sum of the reported v ref and report it to the interfering transmitter.
  • UEs can measure the agreed v ref by the pilot signal sent from the interfering transmitter.
  • the fixed v ref scenario can be followed. If more than one set of UEs are found to report the same v ref , transmitters can select the ones resulting the best throughput performance (opportunistic scheduling) or other scheduling schemes.
  • the disclosed interference alignment techniques provide significant multiplexing gains with good performance and reduced complexity to address interference between two transmitters, each serving the maximum possible number of UEs simultaneously, while only requiring local CSI knowledge at nodes.
  • the disclosed IA schemes provide acceptable performance with local-only or partial CSI assumptions at the transmitters, thereby avoiding the requirement of large feedback overhead that the current LTE cellular networks and even LTE-A cannot handle.
  • the disclosed IA schemes do not require a large amount of coordination between the nodes that increases dramatically when the number of coordinating nodes increases. And by eliminating the requirement of large global channel feedback, the feedback challenges associated with high mobility scenarios and feedback delay are avoided.
  • FIG. 7 there is shown a schematic block diagram illustrating exemplary components of a mobile wireless communications or user equipment device 700 which may be used with selected embodiments of the present invention.
  • the wireless device 700 is shown with specific components for implementing features described above. It is to be understood that the wireless device 700 is shown with very specific details for exemplary purposes only.
  • user equipment 700 includes a number of components such as a main processor 702 that controls the overall operation of user equipment 700. Communication functions, including data and voice communications, are performed through a communication subsystem 704.
  • the communication subsystem 104 receives messages from and sends messages to a wireless network 701.
  • communication subsystem 704 is configured in accordance with the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) standards.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communication
  • GPRS General Packet Radio Services
  • the GSM/GPRS wireless network is used worldwide and these standards may be superseded eventually by Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS). New standards are still being defined, but it is believed that they will have similarities to the network behavior described herein, and it will also be understood by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein are intended to use any other suitable standards that are developed in the future.
  • the wireless link connecting the communication subsystem 704 with the wireless network 701 represents one or more different Radio Frequency (RF) channels, operating according to defined protocols specified for GSM/GPRS communications. With newer network protocols, these channels are capable of supporting both circuit switched voice communications and packet switched data communications.
  • RF Radio Frequency
  • wireless network 701 associated with user equipment 700 is a GSM/GPRS wireless network in one implementation
  • other wireless networks may also be associated with user equipment 700 in variant implementations.
  • the different types of wireless networks that may be employed include, for example, data-centric wireless networks, voice-centric wireless networks, and dual-mode networks that can support both voice and data communications over the same physical base stations.
  • Combined dual-mode networks include, but are not limited to, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or CDMA2000 networks, GSM/GPRS networks (as mentioned above), and future generation networks like EDGE, UMTS, WiMAX, LTE and LTE-A.
  • Some other examples of data- centric networks include WiFi 802.11, MobitexTM and DataTACTM network communication systems.
  • Examples of other voice-centric data networks include Personal Communication Systems (PCS) networks like GSM and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) systems.
  • PCS Personal Communication Systems
  • TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
  • the main processor 702 also interacts with additional subsystems such as a Random Access Memory (RAM) 706, a flash memory 708, a display 710, an auxiliary input/output (I/O) subsystem 712, a data port 714, a keyboard 716, a speaker 718, a microphone 720, short-range communications 722, and other device subsystems 724.
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • I/O auxiliary input/output subsystem
  • Some of the subsystems of the user equipment 700 perform communication- related functions, whereas other subsystems may provide "resident" or on-device functions.
  • the display 710 and the keyboard 716 may be used for both
  • communication-related functions such as entering a text message for transmission over the network 701
  • device-resident functions such as a calculator or task list.
  • the user equipment 700 can send and receive communication signals over the wireless network 701 after required network registration or activation procedures have been completed. Network access is associated with a subscriber or user of the user equipment 700. To identify a subscriber, the user equipment 700 requires a SIM/RUIM card 726 (i.e.
  • the SIM card or RUIM 726 is one type of a conventional "smart card" that can be used to identify a subscriber of the user equipment 700 and to personalize the user equipment 700, among other things. Without the SIM card 726, the user equipment 700 is not fully operational for communication with the wireless network 701.
  • Services may include: web browsing and messaging such as e-mail, voice mail, Short Message Service (SMS), and Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS). More advanced services may include: point of sale, field service and sales force automation.
  • the SIM card/RUIM 726 includes a processor and memory for storing information. Once the SIM card/RUIM 726 is inserted into the
  • SIM/RUIM interface 728 it is coupled to the main processor 702.
  • the SIM card/RUIM 726 can include some user parameters such as an
  • SIM International Mobile Subscriber Identity
  • RUIM 726 An advantage of using the SIM card/RUIM 726 is that a subscriber is not necessarily bound by any single physical user equipment.
  • the SIM card/RUIM 726 may store additional subscriber information for user equipment as well, including datebook (or calendar) information and recent call information. Alternatively, user identification information can also be programmed into the flash memory 708.
  • the user equipment 700 is a battery-powered device and includes a battery interface 732 for receiving one or more rechargeable batteries 730.
  • the battery 730 can be a smart battery with an embedded microprocessor.
  • the battery interface 732 is coupled to a regulator (not shown), which assists the battery 730 in providing power V+ to the user equipment 700.
  • a regulator not shown
  • future technologies such as micro fuel cells may provide the power to the user equipment 700.
  • the user equipment 700 also includes an operating system 734 and software components 736 which are described in more detail below.
  • the operating system 734 and the software components 736 that are executed by the main processor 702 are typically stored in a persistent store such as the flash memory 708, which may alternatively be a read-only memory (ROM) or similar storage element (not shown).
  • a persistent store such as the flash memory 708, which may alternatively be a read-only memory (ROM) or similar storage element (not shown).
  • ROM read-only memory
  • portions of the operating system 734 and the software components 736 such as specific device applications, or parts thereof, may be temporarily loaded into a volatile store such as the RAM 706.
  • Other software components can also be included, as is well known to those skilled in the art.
  • the subset of software components 736 that control basic device operations, including data and voice communication applications, will normally be installed on the user equipment 700 during its manufacture.
  • Other software applications include a message application 738 that can be any suitable software program that allows a user of the user equipment 700 to send and receive electronic messages.
  • Messages that have been sent or received by the user are typically stored in the random access or flash memory 708 of the user equipment 700 or some other suitable storage element in the user equipment 700.
  • some of the sent and received messages may be stored remotely from the device 700 such as in a data store of an associated host system that the user equipment 700 communicates with.
  • the software applications can further include a device state module 740, a Personal Information Manager (PIM) 742, and other suitable modules (not shown).
  • the device state module 740 provides persistence, i.e. the device state module 740 ensures that important device data is stored in persistent memory, such as the flash memory 708, so that the data is not lost when the user equipment 700 is turned off or loses power.
  • the PIM 742 includes functionality for organizing and managing data items of interest to the user, such as, but not limited to, e-mail, contacts, calendar events, voice mails, appointments, and task items.
  • a PIM application has the ability to send and receive data items via the wireless network 701.
  • PIM data items may be seamlessly integrated, synchronized, and updated via the wireless network 701 with the user equipment subscriber's corresponding data items stored or associated with a host computer system. This functionality creates a mirrored host computer on the user equipment 700 with respect to such items. This can be particularly advantageous when the host computer system is the user equipment subscriber's office computer system.
  • the user equipment 700 also includes a connect module 744, and an IT policy module 746.
  • the connect module 744 implements the communication protocols that are required for the user equipment 700 to communicate with the wireless infrastructure and any host system, such as an enterprise system, that the user equipment 700 is authorized to interface with. Examples of a wireless infrastructure and an enterprise system are given in Figure 9 described in more detail below.
  • the connect module 744 includes a set of APIs that can be integrated with the user equipment 700 to allow the user equipment 700 to use any number of services associated with the enterprise system.
  • the connect module 744 allows the user equipment 700 to establish an end-to-end secure, authenticated communication pipe with the host system.
  • a subset of applications for which access is provided by the connect module 744 can be used to pass IT policy commands from the host system to the user equipment 700. This can be done in a wireless or wired manner.
  • These instructions can then be passed to the IT policy module 746 to modify the configuration of the device 700. Alternatively, in some cases, the IT policy update can also be done over a wired connection.
  • the IT policy module 746 receives IT policy data that encodes the IT policy.
  • the IT policy module 746 then ensures that the IT policy data is authenticated by the user equipment 700.
  • the IT policy data can then be stored in the flash memory 708 in its native form. After the IT policy data is stored, a global notification can be sent by the IT policy module 746 to all of the applications residing on the user equipment 700. Applications for which the IT policy may be applicable then respond by reading the IT policy data to look for IT policy rules that are applicable.
  • the IT policy module 746 can include a parser (not shown), which can be used by the applications to read the IT policy rules. In some cases, another module or application can provide the parser. Grouped IT policy rules, described in more detail below, are retrieved as byte streams, which are then sent (recursively, in a sense) into the parser to determine the values of each IT policy rule defined within the grouped IT policy rule. In at least some embodiments, the IT policy module 746 can determine which applications are affected by the IT policy data and send a notification to only those applications. In either of these cases, for applications that aren't running at the time of the notification, the applications can call the parser or the IT policy module 746 when they are executed to determine if there are any relevant IT policy rules in the newly received IT policy data.
  • All applications that support rules in the IT Policy are coded to know the type of data to expect.
  • the value that is set for the "WEP User Name” IT policy rule is known to be a string; therefore, the value in the IT policy data that corresponds to this rule is interpreted as a string.
  • the setting for the "Set Maximum Password Attempts" IT policy rule is known to be an integer, and therefore the value in the IT policy data that corresponds to this rule is interpreted as such.
  • the IT policy module 746 sends an acknowledgement back to the host system to indicate that the IT policy data was received and successfully applied.
  • the additional applications can be loaded onto the user equipment 700 through at least one of the wireless network 701, the auxiliary I/O subsystem 712, the data port 714, the short-range communications subsystem 722, or any other suitable device subsystem 724.
  • This flexibility in application installation increases the functionality of the user equipment 700 and may provide enhanced on-device functions, communication-related functions, or both.
  • secure communication applications may enable electronic commerce functions and other such financial transactions to be performed using the user equipment 700.
  • the data port 714 enables a subscriber to set preferences through an external device or software application and extends the capabilities of the user equipment 700 by providing for information or software downloads to the user equipment 700 other than through a wireless communication network.
  • the alternate download path may, for example, be used to load an encryption key onto the user equipment 700 through a direct, and thus reliable and trusted connection, to provide secure device communication.
  • the data port 714 can be any suitable port that enables data communication between the user equipment 700 and another computing device.
  • the data port 714 can be a serial or a parallel port.
  • the data port 714 can be a USB port that includes data lines for data transfer and a supply line that can provide a charging current to charge the battery 730 of the user equipment 700.
  • the short-range communications subsystem 722 provides for communication between the user equipment 700 and different systems or devices, without the use of the wireless network 701.
  • the subsystem 722 may include an infrared device and associated circuits and components for short-range communication.
  • Examples of short-range communication standards include standards developed by the Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Bluetooth, and the 802.1 1 family of standards developed by IEEE.
  • a received signal such as a text message, an e-mail message, or web page download will be processed by the communication subsystem 704 and input to the main processor 702.
  • the main processor 702 will then process the received signal for output to the display 710 or alternatively to the auxiliary I/O subsystem 712.
  • a subscriber may also compose data items, such as e-mail messages, for example, using the keyboard 716 in conjunction with the display 710 and possibly the auxiliary I/O subsystem 712.
  • the auxiliary subsystem 712 may include devices such as: a touch screen, mouse, track ball, infrared fingerprint detector, or a roller wheel with dynamic button pressing capability.
  • the keyboard 716 is preferably an alphanumeric keyboard or telephone -type keypad. However, other types of keyboards may also be used.
  • a composed item may be transmitted over the wireless network 200 through the communication subsystem 704.
  • the overall operation of the user equipment 700 is substantially similar, except that the received signals are output to the speaker 718, and signals for transmission are generated by the microphone 720.
  • Alternative voice or audio I/O subsystems such as a voice message recording subsystem, can also be implemented on the user equipment 700.
  • voice or audio signal output is accomplished primarily through the speaker 718, the display 710 can also be used to provide additional information such as the identity of a calling party, duration of a voice call, or other voice call related information.
  • the wireless network 701 comprises one or more nodes 802.
  • the user equipment 700 can communicate with the node 802 within the wireless network 701.
  • the node 802 is configured in accordance with General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Global Systems for Mobile (GSM) technologies.
  • GPRS General Packet Radio Service
  • GSM Global Systems for Mobile
  • node 802 may be configured in accordance with Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, LTE-Advanced, or IEEE WiMAX.
  • the node 802 includes a base station controller (BSC) 804 with an associated tower station 806, a Packet Control Unit (PCU) 808 added for GPRS support in GSM, a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) 810, a Home Location Register (HLR) 812, a Visitor Location Registry (VLR) 814, a Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) 816, a Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN) 818, and a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) 820.
  • BSC base station controller
  • PCU Packet Control Unit
  • HLR Home Location Register
  • VLR Visitor Location Registry
  • SGSN Serving GPRS Support Node
  • GGSN Gateway GPRS Support Node
  • DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • the MSC 810 is coupled to the BSC 804 and to a landline network, such as a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 822 to satisfy circuit switched requirements.
  • PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
  • the connection through the PCU 808, the SGSN 816 and the GGSN 818 to a public or private network (Internet) 824 (also referred to herein generally as a shared network infrastructure) represents the data path for GPRS capable user equipments.
  • the BSC 804 also contains the Packet Control Unit (PCU) 808 that connects to the SGSN 816 to control segmentation, radio channel allocation and to satisfy packet switched requirements.
  • PCU Packet Control Unit
  • the HLR 812 is shared between the MSC 810 and the SGSN 816. Access to the VLR 814 is controlled by the MSC 810.
  • the station 806 is a fixed transceiver station and together with the BSC 804 form fixed transceiver equipment.
  • the fixed transceiver equipment provides wireless network coverage for a particular coverage area commonly referred to as a "cell".
  • the fixed transceiver equipment transmits communication signals to, and receives communication signals from, user equipments within its cell via the station 806.
  • the fixed transceiver equipment normally performs such functions as modulation and possibly encoding or encryption of signals to be transmitted to the user equipment 700 in accordance with particular, usually predetermined, communication protocols and parameters, under control of its controller.
  • the fixed transceiver equipment similarly demodulates and possibly decodes and decrypts, if necessary, any communication signals received from the user equipment 700 within its cell. Communication protocols and parameters may vary between different nodes. For example, one node may employ a different modulation scheme and operate at different frequencies than other nodes.
  • the HLR 812 also contains location information for each registered user equipment and can be queried to determine the current location of a user equipment device.
  • the MSC 810 is responsible for a group of location areas and stores the data of the user equipment devices currently in its area of responsibility in the VLR 814.
  • the VLR 814 also contains information on user equipment devices that are visiting other networks.
  • the information in the VLR 814 includes part of the permanent user equipment data transmitted from the HLR 812 to the VLR 814 for faster access.
  • the SGSN 816 and the GGSN 818 are elements added for GPRS support; namely, packet switched data support, within GSM.
  • the SGSN 816 and the MSC 810 have similar responsibilities within the wireless network 701 by keeping track of the location of each user equipment 700.
  • the SGSN 816 also performs security functions and access control for data traffic on the wireless network 701.
  • the GGSN 818 provides internetworking connections with external packet switched networks and connects to one or more SGSN's 816 via an Internet Protocol (IP) backbone network operated within the network 701.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • a given user equipment 700 must perform a "GPRS Attach" to acquire an IP address and to access data services.
  • GPRS capable networks use private, dynamically assigned IP addresses, thus requiring the DHCP server 820 connected to the GGSN 818.
  • IP assignment includes using a combination of a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server and a DHCP server.
  • RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
  • APN Access Point Node
  • the APN also represents a security mechanism for the network 701 , insofar as each user equipment 700 must be assigned to one or more APNs and user equipments 700 cannot exchange data without first performing a GPRS Attach to an APN that it has been authorized to use.
  • the APN may be considered to be similar to an Internet domain name such as "myconnection.wireless.com".
  • IPsec IP Security
  • VPN Virtual Private Networks
  • PDP Packet Data Protocol
  • the network 701 will run an idle timer for each PDP Context to determine if there is a lack of activity.
  • the PDP Context can be de-allocated and the IP address returned to the IP address pool managed by the DHCP server 820.
  • a receiver assembles a first channel matrix and a second channel matrix for a first affiliated transmitter and a second interfering transmitter, respectively. This information may be assembled by receiving pilot signals from the first affiliated transmitter and the second interfering transmitter, and then determining a direct channel matrix H for the first affiliated transmitter and a cross channel matrix G for the second interfering transmitter based on the pilot signals.
  • the receiver also computes an equivalent direct channel vector from the first and second channel matrices and a predetermined vector v ref having size M, where the predetermined vector is known to the first and second transmitters and to each receiver affiliated with the first and second transmitters.
  • the equivalent direct channel vector is determined by computing the inverse of the second channel matrix as G + , computing a complex transpose of the predetermined vector as v ⁇ f , and then computing the equivalent direct channel vector as the product of the first channel matrix, G + , and v ⁇ f .
  • the equivalent direct channel vector may be computed from the first channel matrix H and second channel matrix G by finding a combining vector r which minimizes a Euclidean distance of an equivalent cross channel (rG) to a Hermitian transpose of the predetermined vector if K is less than , and then computing the equivalent direct channel vector from the product of the combining vector r and the first channel matrix H.
  • the equivalent direct channel vector may be computed from the first channel matrix H and second channel matrix G by extending the first channel matrix H and second channel matrix G in time or frequency domain to compute an aggregate direct channel matrix and an aggregate cross channel matrix which is invertible with a probability of almost one in a multipath rich propagation environment; and then computing the equivalent direct channel vector from the aggregate direct channel matrix and the aggregate cross channel matrix and the
  • the equivalent direct channel vector may be fed back to the first affiliated transmitter by the receiver.
  • channel quality indicator information may be fed back from the receiver to the first affiliated transmitter, such as by computing an equivalent noise power indicator at the receiver from the second channel matrix and the predetermined vector, and then feeding back to the first affiliated transmitter an effective noise power indicator that is the power of the equivalent noise vector.
  • the receiver Upon receiving single rank data signals from the first transmitter, the receiver applies a combining vector to decode the single rank data signals, where the combining vector is derived from the predetermined vector and the equivalent direct channel vector to project all cross channels from the second transmitter to the predetermined vector to reduce or eliminate interference from the second transmitter.
  • the combining vector is applied at the receiver to decode a single rank data signal that is precoded at a transmitter with a precoding vector for each receiver that is computed as a null space of the
  • a transmitter device and method of operation for transmitting one or more signals from a first transmitter having M transmit antennas to one or more single rank receivers affiliated with the first transmitter, where each of the one or more single rank receivers has K receive antennas and receives interference from a second transmitter having transmit antennas.
  • the transmitter acquires an equivalent direct channel vector from each of the one or more receivers affiliated with the transmitter, where each equivalent direct channel vector is computed at the corresponding receiver from a predetermined vector having size M and first and second channel matrices representing direct and cross channels to the corresponding receiver from the transmitter and a second, interfering transmitter.
  • the predetermined vector is known to the first and second transmitters and to each receiver affiliated with the first and second transmitters.
  • the equivalent direct channel vector may be acquired by receiving a feedback uplink signal from each of the one or more receivers. After selecting a subset of the one or more receivers to receive one or more signals from the transmitter, the transmitter computes and applies, for each receiver in the subset of the one or more receivers, a precoding vector to each single rank signal to be transmitted, where the precoding vector is derived from the predetermined vector and the equivalent direct channel vectors of the rest of affiliated receivers of the same transmitter to reduce or eliminate interference to the receivers receiving signal(s) from the same transmitter or from the other transmitter.
  • the precoding vector for each selected receiver may be computed as the null space of the predetermined vector and an Hermitian transpose of the equivalent direct channel vectors for all other affiliated receivers of the same transmitter, thereby eliminating interference to the receivers receiving signal from the same transmitter or from the other transmitter.
  • the transmitter transmits a signal
  • a user equipment device that is configured to align interference from a cross channel.
  • the disclosed UE device includes an array of K receive antennas for receiving one or more signals over a direct channel from a first transmitter having transmit antennas and to receive one or more interfering signals over a cross channel from a second transmitter having Mtransmit antennas.
  • the disclosed UE device includes a processor that configured to align interference from the one or more interfering signals over the cross channel by first estimating or computing a direct channel matrix and a cross channel matrix for the direct and cross channels, respectively.
  • the UE device also retrieves a predetermined vector having size M from memory, where the predetermined vector is known by the first and second transmitters and by any other user equipment devices affiliated with the first or second transmitters.
  • the processor at the UE may be configured to compute the combining vector by extending the direct channel matrix and cross channel matrix in a time or frequency domain to compute an aggregate direct channel matrix and an aggregate cross channel matrix which are invertible with a probability of almost one in a multipath rich propagation environment, and then computing the combining vector as a product of an Hermitian of the predetermined vector and an inverse of the aggregate cross channel matrix.
  • the combining vector may be fed back to the transmitter along with channel quality indicator information.
  • the CQI may be derived by computing an equivalent noise power indicator as a productof an Hermitian of the predetermined vector and an inverse of the cross channel matrix, and then an effective noise power indicator may be fed back to the transmitter.
  • the UE device also computes an equivalent direct channel matrix as a product of a complex transpose of the predetermined vector and an inverse of the cross channel matrix and the direct channel matrix.
  • the UE device applies the combining vector to decode one or more single rank data signals received at the user equipment device to project all cross channel signals from the second transmitter to an Hermitian of the predetermined vector to reduce or eliminate interference from the second transmitter.
  • computer program product includes a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therein with instructions which are adapted to be executed to implement a method for operating user equipment (UE) and/or an access device (e.g., radio access network, such as an eNB) to align interference between two transmitter or eNB stations, substantially as described hereinabove.
  • the computer program controls the processor to perform processes at the UE and eNB devices for aligning interference by applying a predetermined vector v ref and channel knowledge H, G from each transmitter at each UE to convert the cross channel interference to the predetermined vector, v ref , as a one- dimensional signal and compute and feedback equivalent channel vector information to its affiliated transmitter.
  • each transmitter selects L, receivers and constructs a transmitted signal by applying a selected precoding to rank 1 data.
  • the computer program is embodied on a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium with program instructions for aligning interference from a cross channel by performing a sequence of steps.
  • direct and cross channel matrices are estimated for the direct and cross channels to the receiver having K receive antennas from first and second transmitters having transmit antennas.
  • a combining vector is computed as a product of an Hermitian of the predetermined vector and an inverse of the cross channel matrix, and the combining vector is applied to decode one or more single rank data signals received at the receiver to project all cross channels from the second transmitter to an Hermitian of the predetermined vector to reduce or eliminate interference from the second transmitter.
  • the computer program is configured to align interference from the cross channel by feeding back to the first transmitter an equivalent direct channel vector which is computed as a product of a complex transpose of the predetermined vector and an inverse of the cross channel matrix and the direct channel matrix.

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La présente invention concerne le domaine des communications sans fil, dans lequel un procédé, un système et un dispositif sont prévus pour l'alignement des interférences sur une liaison descendante. Le système utilise un vecteur prédéfini et une connaissance de canal issus de chaque émetteur pour calculer et renvoyer des informations sur un vecteur de canal équivalent de chaque récepteur vers son émetteur affilié. Grâce à ces informations, chaque émetteur sélectionne un ensemble de récepteurs affiliés et construit un signal émis, par l'application d'un vecteur de précodage sélectionné aux données de rang 1, éliminant ainsi les interférences vers certains récepteurs non affiliés.
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